From Renaissance to Revolution (1923) traces in some of its many expressions the influence of the Renaissance on the politics and culture of Europe during the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
The thinker and philosopher Muhammad Yusuf Musa says in the introduction to this book: "I was assigned to write it on the authority of one of the prominent figures of the Arabs and Islam, who is Imam Ibn Taymiyyah.
This latest collection of studies by James Brundage deals with the emergence of the profession of canon law and with aspects of its practice in the period from the 12th to the 14th centuries.
The centrality and importance of the intersection of Christianity and culture when it comes to English-speaking countries and particularly American culture, history, and politics is beyond doubt.
Southwestern Journal of Theology 2024 Book Award (Biblical Reference / Biblical Backgrounds)This authoritative volume brings together a team of world-class scholars to cover the full range of New Testament backgrounds in a concise, up-to-date, and comprehensive manner.
This thought-provoking book embarks into the captivating world of religious tourism and explores the intricate relationship between travel and spirituality, shedding light on whether tourists are seekers of profound meaning or simply pleasure-seekers.
Seit Jahrhunderten fasziniert und erschreckt uns die Gestalt des Teufels: Als Symbol für das Böse hat der "Fürst der Finsternis" in Kunst, Literatur und Religion eine ungebrochene Präsenz bewahrt.
Hopefully, this document can be an instrument for increased clarity and coherence to the entire story of Jesus Christ the Messiah, (a) from the predictions of him and his predicted life characteristics (as documented in the Old Testament of the Judeo/Christian Bible), (b) to his actual life, messages, and purposes while on earth (as documented in the first four books of the New Testament), and (c) to the remarkable spread and clarifications of those messages, purposes, and prophies after his death and resurrection during the first century AD (as documented in the rest of the New Testament).
In einer Welt, in der Dogmen oft den Weg zu Glaubensfreiheit und Toleranz versperren, erhebt sich eine unerwartete Figur – das Fliegende Spaghettimonster.
Since the beginnings of this century western scholars have become familiar with Ignaz Goldziher's hypothesis concerning canonical hadith literature - that religious literary genre of Islam, second in holiness to the Qur'an, which allegedly comprises faithful accounts of what the Prophet of Islam said and did.
This volume includes selected papers (in English and Chinese) from an international conference held in Beijing in 2001, the year that marked the 400th anniversary of Matteo Ricci's arrival in Beijing.
Dissident Women, Beguines, and the Quest for Spiritual Authority focuses on the responses of a group of twenty-first-century women to the lives and writings of thirteenth-century beguine mystics, and reveals how the struggle to discover their own inner spiritual authority connects two groups of women across centuries.
